Advertising cabinet



March 30 1926 L. H. QU|NN; SR. ET AL ADVERTI SING CABINET Filed Noir. 11, 1925 2 SheetsShee;

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ADVERTI S ING CABINET Filed Nov. 11, 1925 2 Sheets-Shet 2 j; y ML,

INVENTORS ATTORNEY Patented Mai-:36, "1e 6,

UNITED STATES 1,518,919. PATENT OFFICE;

LINVILLE H. QUINN, SB, THOMAS G. KLEIN, OF TERRE HLUTE, INDIANA.

ADVERTISING CABINET.

Application filed November 11, 1925. Serial- No. 68,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LINVILLE H. QUINN, Sn, and THOMAS G. KLEIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in an Advertising Cabinet, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a device whereby merchandise, such as clothing, gowns, lingerie, pictures and Other objects, may be displayed in suitable and attractive framing, such as a large picture frame, iminiature theatre stage, or other like setting, and whereby means of properly disposed and manipulated reflectors and llghts, a reflected image may be altered, changed, made to move or be replaced by an invisible operator.

And the objects of the invention are; first, to provide a novel display in show windows, show rooms and other similar places, which will attract unusual attention to the goods displayed; second, to.provide such a device, whereby objects disposed in the back ground may be projected into visible foreground; third, to provide such a device'whereby the objects displayed may be altered, changed, to other objects, reduced to any desired proportions, revolved or moved to display different positions, and whereby the object displayed may be made to fade away, and other objects substituted therefor, by means of properly manipulated lights; as for ex-' ample, a dress model-form may be first shown, and then gradually faded away and merged into a living form bearing lingerie,

that to be faded away and merged into a living and moving form dressed in a gown, cloak or the like; fourth, to provide such a device, housed in a light and portable.cabinet, which may be moved about and installed, as a unit, in various places; and

fifth, to provide such a device, which will be economical in structure and operation.

These objects we attain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of the device, with a side-wall removed to show the 7 interior arrangement.

Figure 2, is a plan of the interior of the cabinet.

Figure 3, is a vertical sectional viewof the device.

.7 circular arm 3 which is Figure l, is a detail of the stirrup whiclij isupports the concave mirror. I Similar letters and numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The letter A indicates a cabinet, constructed oflight-weight material, comprising two side-walls, a, a top I), a front-wall c and a back-wall d, all assembled as shown, with all joints light proof and the entire interior painteddead black. The front-wall is cut in the upper one-half,i and'the opening so formed is finished upon" the exterior in representation of a miniature theatre stage orpicture frame, as desired, indicated by the letter e. An angular projection f, constructed of the wall material, projects from i the lower one-half of the front-wall, for the purpose of receiving the hereinafter described mirrors.

A circular concave mirror 9 is movably 1 mounted in and suspended by an iron stir rup h, in a position immediately behind the with a hook, adapted to hook over and hold the edges of said concave mirror, a semiendant from the middle of said arm 2, an provided with a hook upon the lower end, adapted to hook over and support the lower edge of said concave-mirror, and two hanger-arms 4, projecting, from either end of the horizontal arm 2 and adapted to fit into notches provided therefor, in a pair of perpendicular notched racks 6, attached to opposite sides of the cabinet, and adapted to support the said stirrup h, and in the notches of which the stirrup It may be adjusted to any desired height. p A black opaque curtain or shield 71, is suspended from the top of the cabinet immediately in front of said concave-mirror and is provided wlth an opening of a diameter slightly less than that of said concave-min ror and adapted to hide the edges 'of said concave-mirror while exposing the main field thereof. a

The letter j indicates an opaque screen 1 extending from the top of the cabinet to the floor, positioned slightly behind the concavemirror and extending from the side wall a 1 in anangular direction toward the center of the cabinet and adapted to screen off any object stationed behind I said curtain or screen from the front portion of the cabinet. A plate-glass screen m is positioned in the out and replaced gradually by the reflection of a human form standing behind the plateglass screen and clothed in gown or cloak,

or the like.

' The advantages claimed for our invention rear portion of the cabinet, at an angle deover other similar devices used prior hereto termined with reference to the screen 9' and for similar purposes, consist in the adaptaan object Zr; stationed therebehind. Strong bility of the device to any position upon any efle e e l g 0 a d 2 e $118 floor, in store-room, store-window or other pended'from the upper walls of the cabinet, place, without the necessity of specially conover and slightly in advance of objects sta- 'structed and positioned stages and'the ease tioned behind saidtwo screens, respectively, of displaying changing models without anadapted to throw strong light upon said obnoying waits and interruptions.

jects. r Having described our invention, its oper- Said electric lights are COIlIlGCt-Gd With a ation and advantages, wha,t we cla m as new dimmer-switch a", mounted upon the walls of and useful, and desire to secure by Letters the cabinet, where the strength of one light Patentis:- I

may be diminish d W l h s g h 0f the 1. In a device of the character set forth,

other light is increased, for the purpose of the combination of a cabinet comprising a fading-out one of said objects and its a ktop, two side-walls, a back-wall and a front ground at the same time that the light wall, and an angular projection rojectin thrown upon the other object is increased from the lower portion of said ront-wa and the latter object shown to full View. with a concave-mirror movably mounted .A air of mirrors to and o, are positloned within said' cabinet in proper position to in withln the angular projection f of the frontproject reflections'through an openin wall a, and are angled, relative to each other, th front-wall f th abin t, a t 0 at right angles, and the lower mirror '11 is fleeting mirrors, properly adjusted relative adapted to receive. and reflect ob ects re to each other and in position to reflect refl t d t it by or through said plate-glass flections upon said concave-mirror, an screen m, the mirror u is adapted-to receive opaque screen positioned behind said conand reflect, reflections from the mirror '2) cave-mirror and adapted to conceal objects to the concave-mirror. in the rear thereof from said reflecting mir- When so constructed and adjusted, any rors, a plate-glass screen stationed 1n the background, such as a landscape or deco: rear portion of the cabinet and adapted to a rated interior, and objects, such as a human reflect objects stationed behind said opaque being positioned behind the opaque screen 1, screen when illuminated from in front and,

and thrown into bright ligh Will be reto expose objects stationed in the rear thereflected from the plate-glass screen m, when of when illuminated from behind the same, the light p is extinguished and the space beall substantially as set forth.

hind said plategglass screen is dark. The 2. In a device of the character set forth, reflection upon the plate-glass screen is in the combination of a cabinet comprising enturn reflected in the mirror 1) and from it'to closing opaque walls, and top, a frame-like I i the mirror u, from which it is reflected to opening in the front wall, and an angular the concave-mirror. recess formed by projecting members fixed The reflection 1n the mirror 9 is then in said front-wall, with a suspended conplamly seen by observers stationed 1n front cave-mirror positioned behind thev opening of the cabinet, apparently at the point of x in the front-wall, a pair of angularly posiprinclpal focus of the concave-mirror; and tioned reflecting'mirrors mounted in said M the size and position of the reflection seen angular recess and adapted to reflect objects by the observers may be altered, by adjustupon said concave-mirror, means of adjustament of the various mirrors. 7 bly suspending said concave-mirror, an

By means of the dimmer-sw1tch r, the opaque screen positioned behind and to one light over the object is may be slowly diminside of said concave-mirror and adapted-to ished and extinguished, thereby obscuring shield objects stationed behindsaid opaque the reflection of the object is, while at the screen from direct view of the said pair of same time the light behind the plate-glass reflecting mirrors, a plate-glass screen anscreen is gradually switched on and the obgled and positioned relative to the reflecting ject Q stationed behind said plate-glass mirrors and to the opaque screen with a screen is illuminated and reflected in and lighting system comprising an electric lamp by the mirror 0 through the plate-glass of behind said opaque s reen, an electric light the screen m and from there projected into positioned behind said plate-glass screen,

view of the observers via the mirror u and suitable wiring and a dimmer-switch, adaptthe concave-mirror.- In this manner any obed to control said electric lights, relative to ject, a dress-form for example, clothed in each'other, all substantially as set forth, lingerie may be first shown and then faded- 3. In a device of the character set forth,

the combination of a cabinet, a frame-like opening in the front-wall of said cabinet adapted to expose a concave-mirror within said cabinet, with a concave-mirror suspended within said cabinet, means of suspending and v adjusting said concave-mirror, a set of cooperating reflecting mirrors positioned properly to reflect objects upon said concave-mirror, an opaque screen positioned behind said concave-mirror and adapted to screenthe space and objects in its rear from said set of'reflecting mirrors, a

transparent screen positioned in the rear portion of said cabinet and adaptedto reflect objects stationed behind said opaque screen when lighted from in front and-to display objects stationed in the rear thereof, when lighted from behind, a system of electric lights and a dimmer-switch adapted to illuminate the various parts of the cabinet 20 as desired, all substantially as set forth.

' LINVILLE' H. QUINN, SR.. THOMAS G. KLEIN. 

